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Okay so I've had this 5 gal tank for almost 3 months. It would NOT cycle. The fish died right off but the frog lived. I gave up on water changes because that was doing NOTHING. A few weeks ago, it started getting this brown algae...which I looked up and it said that was normal in new tanks. I...

I actually did that this morning and it came out with 0. I will try not feeding for a few days. Thanks.

Also let me add that today the Nitrate was at 5.0

Okay so its been over 8 weeks now. I have a 5gal tank. It has a filter, heater, light, airstone. I put fish and an african dwarf frog in it without cycling when I got it...well, the fish died. I got a Master Test kit and have been testing the water, doing 10% changes and a 50% change...

Do you mean when I added them to the tank? Let them float, added water, let them float some more, added a little water, etc then added them? I did do that :)

No salt was added. The pH was high, at 7.6...the high range was 8.0 There are no more fish in the tank, just a dwarf frog. The fish weren't sick to begin with, they seemed happy and good the first few days, then they started going downhill. Now I am confused as to how much/how often to change...

Oh, ok. I was told a 20% is what I should do :confused: Will do a 50% change next time.

I am not testing right after a water change, but before. Yesterday my Nitrites were at 0, Ammonia was about 25 and Nitrate was 0....I did a 20% change. I just tested again awhile ago (about 24 hours later) and the readings were the same.

Its a little confusing, but I think I got it down ) I will do that. Thank you so much! :)

I had done 1 50% change yesterday when I tested the water....but it was done a good 7 hours before the water test. I'm aware that my tank probably isn't cycled yet, hence my confusion, hence my coming here to ask questions.

Yeah, that's what I was told to do on my other thread here.

I did :/ I even timed how long I shook it. Should I continue with the water changes and recheck the levels tomorrow?

Oh and I had a few male guppies.

Nitrate was yellow, so 0.

And...Nitrate appears normal as well.